The Magpie (La Pie), 1868-1869 by Claude Monet – Warm Sepia Edition

The Magpie (La Pie), painted by Claude Monet during the winter of 1868-1869 shows a single black-and-white magpie perched atop a wattle-fence gate, its dark silhouette the only sharp note against an expanse of snow-covered fields near Étretat. Long blue shadows stretch across the drifts in the low winter sun, an early and daring use of colored shadow rather than the flat black conventionally used to render snow. Rejected by the Paris Salon of 1869, the painting is now considered one of Monet's largest and most celebrated snowscapes.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1868-1869.

The Magpie (La Pie), 1868-1869 by Claude Monet. Winter Snowscape Wall Art Canvas Print.

This edition is color-graded with warm, sepia-toned earth and blush tones, giving the snow a soft, muted glow.

Also available as the first edition: View the cool, crisp blue-white edition of The Magpie. Same painting, with clear blue shadows across the snow.

Also available as a third edition: View the soft cream-and-peach edition of The Magpie. Same painting, with a creamy peach sky and pale blue shadows.